TRN vs. FFBC, HBAN, PPBI, BKU, CFG, FNB, GATX, GBX, RF, and FSS
Should you be buying Trinity Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trinity Industries include First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), BankUnited (BKU), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), F.N.B. (FNB), GATX (GATX), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Regions Financial (RF), and Federal Signal (FSS).
Trinity Industries vs. Its Competitors
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 19.41% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 3.83%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 10.57% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.
86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Trinity Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Trinity Industries currently has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.29%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.60%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 4 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 3 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.77 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Financial Bancorp. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Trinity Industries. First Financial Bancorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Trinity Industries pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and First Financial Bancorp. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
First Financial Bancorp. beats Trinity Industries on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TRN) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff